---
title: 'Delete sink consumer'
api: 'DELETE /sinks/{sink_id_or_name}'
---

Deletes a sink consumer by its ID or name.

## Request fields

<ParamField path="sink_id_or_name" type="string" required>
  The name or ID of the sink consumer to delete
</ParamField>

## Response fields

<ResponseField name="id" type="string" >
  The unique identifier of the deleted sink consumer
</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="deleted" type="boolean" >
  Whether the sink consumer was successfully deleted
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL
  curl -X DELETE "https://api.sequinstream.com/api/sinks/kafka-ids" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
  ```

  ```json Response
  {
    "id": "4ed2a8e5-47a7-4b51-9270-d2f4fdcb94fb",
    "deleted": true
  }
  ```
</RequestExample> 